For years engineers have relied on encryption at rest and transit to help protect sensitive data. However, historically data needs to be decrypted to actually use it, which risks the potential exposure of the underlying data. Confidential computing is a computing paradigm that aims to protect data in use, not just data in transit or at rest. The goal of confidential computing is to provide a secure computing environment where sensitive data can be processed without the risk of exposure or compromise.
AWS Nitro Enclaves is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables customers to create isolated compute environments within their Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances. In a Nitro Enclave, the application code and data are encrypted and processed inside the enclave, ensuring that they are protected from both the hypervisor and the host operating system. This makes Nitro Enclaves ideal for workloads that require a high level of security, such as confidential computing, secure machine learning, and blockchain-based applications.
Arvind Rague, Principal Specialist in EC2 and Confidential Computing at AWS, joins the show to explain confidential computing, AWS Nitro Enclaves, and the use cases this technology unlocks.
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